to eat → to corrode 8 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Basque
lexeme jan
meaning 1 to eat
direction →
meaning 2 to corrode
reference OEH
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 eat
lexeme 2 eat away (at)
meaning 1 to eat Vegetarians don't eat meat.
direction →
meaning 2 The wooden parts had been eaten away by damp.
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NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Khamnigan Mongol
lexeme ide-
meaning 1 to eat
direction →
meaning 2 to corrode (by rust)
reference Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 163
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme t’ün
meaning 1 to eat ада кьуда кьван неда
he eats like four (неда = the suppletive present stem of the verb)
direction →
meaning 2 to corrode, to eat away муьрхъуь ракь неда
Rust eats iron.
reference
comment (LezgRus 326)
SUSPENDED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme jiào
meaning 1 to chew, to gnaw
direction —
meaning 2 to corrode
reference BKRS: 5279
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 est'
lexeme 2 raz"est'
meaning 1 to eat Кот съел мышку.
A cat ate a mouse.
direction →
meaning 2 to corrode a. Ржавчина разъела железо. 'The rust corroded the iron.' b. Серная кислота разъела ткань. 'Sulphuric acid gnawed the fabrics.'
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NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme jести (jesti)
meaning 1 to eat

Мишеви ноћу једу сланину.


Mice eat bacon at night.
direction →
meaning 2 to corrode

Рђа једе гвожђе.


Rust corrodes iron.
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 509
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NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Vietnamese
lexeme ăn
meaning 1 to eat ăn thìa
to eat with a spoon
direction →
meaning 2 to corrode Sơn ăn mặt
varnish resin corrodes the skin of the face
reference Bùi Hiền 2017: 17
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